Friday, October 6th
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, live, Los Angeles (Hollywood Bowl), 9/25/17 (last show)
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
2017
Thursday, October 5th
sounds of New York
SoundNoise Trio (Fay Victor, voice; Sam Newsome, soprano saxophone, percussion; Reggie Nicholson, drums), live, New York (First St. Green), 9/30/17
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2017
Wednesday, October 4th
like nobody else
Ran Blake (1935-), Above the Sadness, trailer
2017
Tuesday, October 3rd
passings
Tom Petty, songwriter, singer, guitarist, bandleader, October 20, 1950-October 2, 2017
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (featuring Stevie Nicks), “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” (T. Petty, M. Campbell), 1981
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Johnny Cash (with Tom Petty, vocals, organ), “I Won’t Back Down” (T. Petty, J. Lynne), 2000
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, “Mary Jane’s Last Dance” (T. Petty), live, 2006
2017
Monday, October 2nd
Skip James (1902-1969), “Devil Got My Woman,” 1931
Sometimes I think this song defines the limits of what is humanly possible. Sometimes I think it exceeds them.
—Michael Robbins, Equipment for Living: On Poetry and Pop Music (2017)
2017
Sunday, October 1st
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Theotis Taylor, “Somebody’s Gone,” 1976
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Talking, Fitzgerald, Ga., 2017
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lagniappe
art beat
Lonnie Holley (1950-), After the Revival (Vox Humana III: The Strength of Music Lives After the Instruments Are Destroyed), 2017
2017
Saturday, September 30th
astringent, adj. sharp and penetrating. E.g., the playing of Ran Blake and Steve Lacy.
Ran Blake (piano) & Steve Lacy (soprano saxophone), “The Man I Love” (G. Gershwin), 1991 (That Certain Feeling)
2017
Friday, September 29th
what’s new
Danish String Quartet, “Shine You No More” (R. T. Sørensen), Last Leaf (2017)
2017
Thursday, September 28th
never enough
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Piano Sonata No. 12 in F major (:07-), Fantasia in C minor (22:42-), Sonata No. 14 in C minor (39:54-); Friedrich Gulda (1930-2000), live, Germany (Munich), 1990
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
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2017
Wednesday, September 27th
what’s new
Björk, “The Gate,” 9/20/17
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lagniappe
reading table
Said is missaid.
—Samuel Beckett (1906-1989), “Worstword Ho” (1983)
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